The Daily Dose/April 21, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow fields a knotty problem at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
We pursed our lips and considered the matter at length…Had we been standing, we would’ve had our hands on our hips, but it’s tuff to put your hands on your hips when you’re sitting in a desk chair…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1918 – The Red Baron, Capt. Manfred von Richthofen of the German Air Force, the greatest fighting ace of World War I, is killed during air combat in northern France. Von Richthofen had been credited with 80 kills during the war, earning him hero status in Germany and the respect of his enemies. Exactly who fired the shot that pierced von Richthofen in the chest is not known, though it is suspected he died from ground fire and not air fire.
In 1900 – The Chicago White Sox – then the White Stockings – play their first game, a 5-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in the then-minor American League at Schorling’s Park in Chicago. The White Stockings would finish first in the AL that season, and the following season the American League declared itself a major league. To date, the White Sox have an all-time record of 9,598-9,628-103 and have won three World Series. Schorling’s Park would later be known as Southside Park and was located a couple of blocks south of where the White Sox play now.
In 1974 – MFSB featuring the Three Degrees are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 with TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia). It was the first chart single and only Top 40 hit for MFSB and the second of three Top 40 hits for the Three Degrees, and remains the only #1 song for both. The song also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #22 in Great Britain, was in its only week at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s seventh biggest song of the year. The song also won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Albert Einstein
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Three acts – Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, and Tommy Dorsey – each had ten #1 songs on Your Hit Parade.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What other teams from the 1900 American League are still in the league in the same city? – Answer next time!
